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NITED STATES GRADES FOR 
MILLED RICE 



RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 
OF AGRICULTURE 




UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. 133 



Contribution from the Bureau of Markets 
GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief 



GRAIN DIVISION 
H. J. Besley, In Charge 

E. G. Boerner, In Charge, Grain Investigations 
W. D. Smith, Grain Supervisor, Rico Project 



Washington, D. C. 



August, 1920 



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UNITED STATES GRADES FOR MILLED RICE. 

Recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



The following grades for the grading and marketing of milled rice 
are recommended by the Bureau of Markets of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. 

In September, 1918, permissive standards for milled rice were 
published by the Department of Agriculture (Markets Document 15) 
and adopted by the United States Food Administration and by 
boards of trade and other agencies engaged in the handling of milled 
rice. Certain changes were made in these permissive standards as 
the result of the department's observation and experience with them, 
and the revised grades were published in tentative form as the basis 
of proposed standards to be established under the United States 
grain standards Act as the official grain standards of the United States 
for milled rice. Hearings were held at convenient points to the prin- 
cipal rice producing and distributing sections, at which the comments 
and criticisms of rice producers, millers, merchants, warehousemen, 
carriers, and others interested were received. All criticisms and sug- 
gestions at the hearings and through written communications have 
had careful consideration. 

The grades here recommended are the result of extensive invests 
gations relating to the various phases of the rice industry conducted 
by the Department of Agriculture, of the observations and experience 
of the department with the permissive standards published in Sep- 
tember, 1918, and the suggestions received by the department at the 
hearings referred to above. 

The classification in the standards is based on the length of whole 
kernels for classes I, II, III, and IV, and on size of broken kernels 
for classes V, VI, and VII. For the purposes of a general classifica- 
tion the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of 
Agriculture, has heretofore referred to the different varieties as long- 
gram, medium-gram, and short-grain, and has used these terms in 
its publications dealing with rice culture and production. At the 
hearings mentioned above, the trade objected to the class name 
Medium as applied to the translucent type of the variety known 
commercially as Early Prolific and the varieties known commercially 
as Blue Rose and Louisiana Pearl, and to the class name Medium- 
opaque as applied to the opaque type of the variety known commer- 
cially as Early Prolific, for the reason that the word "medium" is 

i These standards embody the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture, but 
are not fixed and established at this time under the United States grain standards Act because of a 
lack of funds for their paoper enforcement as compulsory standards. 

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now used in commercial terminology as a grade name and denotes an 
inferior grade of rice. It was suggested by the trade that the class 
name Short be used to apply to the varieties known commercially as 
Blue Rose, Louisiana Pearl, and Early Prolific, and that the class 
name Round be used to apply to the varieties known commercially as 
Japan or Japanese, and it is felt that they more nearly conform to 
commercial needs and should be adopted. 

These grades are~not fixed and established under the United States 
gram standards Act at this time, but it is hoped that they will be 
adopted by all agencies engaged in the handling of milled rice. It 
is believed that with the voluntary and general support of all inter- 
ested parties these standards will assist very materially in the mar- 
keting of milled rice. 

UNITED STATES GRADES FOR MILLED RICE. 

For the purposes of the United States grades for milled rice: 

Section 1. Milled rice. — Milled rice shall be whole or broken ker- 
nels of rice grown in continental United States, from which the hulls, 
germs, and practically all of the bran layers have been removed, 
which may be either coated or uncoated, and which shall contain 
not more than ten per centum of seeds, paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and other foreign material, either singly or in any combination. 

Section 2. Basis of determinations . — Each determination of paddy 
grains, other cereal grains, seeds, other foreign material, heat-damaged 
kernels, temperature, odor, live weevils or other insects injurious to 
stored rice, color, coating, and moisture shall be made on the basis 
of the grain including foreign material. All other determinations 
shall be made on the basis of the grain when free from foreign 
material. 

Section 3. Percentages. — Percentages, except in the case of mois- 
ture, shall be percentages ascertained by weight. 

Section 4. Percentage of moisture. —Percentage of moisture shall 
be that ascertained by the moisture tester and the method of use 
thereof described in Circular No. 72, and supplement thereto, issued 
by the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant 
Industry, except that the flask to be used shall be the double-walled 
flask described in the United States Department of Agriculture 
Bulletin No. 56, or that ascertained by any device and method giving 
equivalent results. 

Section 5. (a) No. 5\ sieve. — A metal sieve perforated with round 
holes §\ sixty-fourths inch in diameter. 

(b) No. 6 sieve. — A metal sieve perforated with round holes 6 
sixty-fourths inch in diameter. 

(c) No. 6\ sieve.^ — A metal sieve perforated with round holes 6| 
sixty-fourths inch in diameter. 

Section 6. Coated rice. — Coated rice shall be rice which has been 
coated with glucose and talc or any other substance. Coated rice 
shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements 
of the standards applicable to such rice if it were not coated, and 
there shall be added to and made a part of such grade designation 
the word "coated." 






United States Grades for Milled Rice. 5 

Section 7. Damaged kernels. — Damaged kernels shall be kernels 
and pieces of kernels of milled rice which have been distinctly dam- 
aged by water, insects, or by any other means. Son n< I double and 
sound broken kernels shall not be considered damaged kernels. 

Section 8. Heat-damaged kernels. — Heat-damaged kernels shall bo 
kernels and pieces of kernels of milled ricewhich have been distinctly 
discolored by external heat or as a result of heating caused by fer- 
mentation. 

Section 9. Foreign material. — Foreign material shall be paddy 
grains and any matter other than rice. 

Section 10. Cereal grains. — Cereal grains shall be paddy grains 
(rough rice), rye, barley, emmer, spelt, einkorn, corn, grain sorghums, 
oats, and wheat only, and shall not include buckwheat, flaxseed, and 
wild oats. 

Section 11. Paddy grains. — Paddy grains shall be grains of rice 
from which the hulls have not been removed. 

Section 12. Seeds. — Seeds shall be grains, kernels, or seeds, either 
whole or broken, of any plant other than rice or other cereal grains. 

Section 13. Red rice. — Red rice shall be kernels or pieces of kernels 
of milled rice which are distinctly red in color or have any red bran 
thereon. 

Section 14. Whole kernels. — Whole kernels shall include perfect 
kernels of milled rice and pieces of kernels of milled rice which are 
not split and which in length are equal to or greater than three- 
fourths of the length of the perfect kernel. 

Section 15. Broken kernels. — Broken kernels shall be split kernels 
of milled rice, and pieces of kernels which are less than three-fourths 
of the length of the perfect kernel. 

Section 16. Chalky kernels. — Chalky kernels shall be kernels and 
pieces of kernels of milled rice, one-half or more of which is chalky. 

CLASSES OF MILLED RICE. 

Section 17. Milled rice shall be divided into classes as follows: 

Class I. Long. 

This class shall include all long-grain rices, such as those known 
commercially as Honduras, Carolina Gold, Carolina White, and Edith, 
which contain more than twenty-five per centum of whole kernels and 
not more than four per centum of whole kernels of rice of the classes 
Short and Round, either singly or combined. 

Class II. Short. 

This class shall include all short-grain rices, such as those known 
commercially as Blue Rose, Louisiana Pearl, and Early Prolific, 
which contain more than twenty-five per centum of whole kernels 
and not more than four per centum of whole kernels of the classes 
Long and Round, either singly or combined. 



6 Department Circular 133, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

Class III. Round. 

This class shall include all round-grain rices, such as those known 
commercially as Japan or Japanese, including Wataribune, Shinriki, 
"1564" (Butte)/ "1600" (Colusa), 1 and Onsen, which contain more 
than twenty-five per centum of whole kernels and not more than 
four per centum of whole kernels of rice of the classes Long and 
Short, either singly or combined. 

Class IV. Mixed. 

This class shall be a mixture of any two or more of classes I, II, 
and III, but which does not meet the requirements of any one of 
such classes. 

Class V. Second Head. 

This class shall consist of milled rice which contains not more 
than twenty-five per centum of whole kernels, not more than forty 
per centum of broken kernels which will pass readily through a 
No. 6| sieve, and not more than ten per centum of broken kernels 
which will pass readily through a No. 6 sieve. 

Class VI. Screenings. 

This class shall consist of milled rice which contains not more 
than twenty-five per centum of whole kernels, which does not meet 
the requirements of size separations specified for the class Second 
Head, and which contains not more than fifteen per centum of broken 
kernels which will pass readily through a No. 5 .-J sieve. 

Class VII. Brewers. 

This class shall consist of milled rice which contains not more 
than twenty-five per centum of whole kernels and contains more 
than fifteen per centum of broken kernels which will pass readily 
through a No. 5 J sieve. 

GRADE REQUIREMENTS. 

Long Milled Rice. 

Section 18. Grades for Long Milled Rice. — The class Long shall 
be divided into five grades, the designations and requirements of 
which shall be as specified in this section. 

Extra Fancy (U. S. No. 1) Long 

(a) shall be well milled, 

(b) shall be white or creamy, 

(c) may contain not more than five- tenths of one per centum of 

chalky kernels, 

(d) shall contain ninety per centum or more of whole kernels, 

but may contain not more than five-tenths of one per 
centum of broken kernels which will pass readily through 
a No. 6 sieve, 

1 The varieties C. 1. 1564 and C. 1. 1600 were named Butte and Colusa, respectively, by the Office of Cereal 
Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, May, 1920. 



United States Grades for Milled Rice. 7 

0) may contain a total of not more than three paddy grains, 
other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of three may include not 
more than either one heat-damaged kernel or one seed, 

(/) may contain not more than five-tenths of one per centum of 
damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or combined, 

(g) may contain not more than one per centum of whole kernels 
of rice of the classes Short and Round, either singly or 
combined, 

(70 may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 
foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(-?') may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per centum 
of moisture. 
Fancy (U. S. No. 2) Long 

(a) shall be well milled, 

(b) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, 

(c) may contain not more than one and five- tenths per centum 

of chalky kernels, 

(d) shall contain eighty-five per centum or more of whole 

kernels, but may contain not more than one per centum 
of broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 
sieve, 

(e) may contain a total of not more than eight paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of eight may include not 
more than four heat-damaged kernels and seeds, either 
singly or combined, 

(/) may contain not more than one and five-tenths per centum 
of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or com- 
bined, 

(g) may contain not more than two per centum of whole ker- 
nels of rice of the classes Short and Round, either singly 
or combined, 

(Ji) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 
Choice (U. S. No. 3) Long 

(a) shall be reasonably well milled, 

(b) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, and may be slightly rosy, 

(c) may contain not more than three* per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(d) shall contain seventy-five per centum or more of whole ker- 

nels, but may contain not more than one and five- tenths 
per centum of broken kernels which will pass readily 
through a No. 6 sieve, 
(r) may contain a total of not more than eighteen paddy grains, 
other cereal grains,' seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of eighteen may include 
not more than ten heat-damaged kernels and seeds, either 
singly or combined, 



8 Department Circular 133, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

(/) may contain not more than two and five-tenths per centum 
of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or com- 
bined, 

(g) may contain not more than four per centum of whole 
kernels of rice of the classes Short and Round, either 
singly or combined, 

(h) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 
Medium (U. S. No. 4) Long 

(a) may be any color except of badly damaged or extremely 

red, 

(b) may contain not more than six per centum of chalky ker- 

nels, 

(c) shall contain sixty-five per centum or more of whole ker- 

nels, but may contain not more than three per centum 
of broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 
6 sieve, 

(d) may contain a total of not more than forty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels 
in five hundred grams, which total of forty may include 
not more than twenty-four heat-damaged kernels and 
seeds, either singly or combined, 

(e) may contain not more than five per centum of damaged 

kernels and red rice, either singly or combined, 

(f) may contain not more than four per centum of whole 

kernels of rice of the classes Short and Round, either 
singly or combined, 

(g) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 

of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 
(7*,) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 
Sample Grade Long 

shall be milled rice of the class Long which does not come 
within the requirements of any of the grades from Ext a 
Fancy (U. S. No. 1) to Medium (U. S. No. 4), inclusive, or 
which has any commercially objectionable foreign odor, 
or is musty, or sour, or is heating, hot, infested with weevils 
or other insects injurious to stored rice, or is otherwise of 
distinctly low 'quality. 

Short Milled Rice. 

Section 19. Grades j or Short Milled Mice. — The class Short shall 
be divided into five grades, the designations and requirements of 
which shall be specified in this section. 

Extra Fancy (U. S. No. 1) Short 

(a) shall be well milled, 

(b) shall be white or creamy, 

(c) may contain not more than five- tenths of one per centum 

of chalky kernels, 



United States Grades for Milled Rice. 9 

(d) shall contain ninety-five per centum or more of whole ker- 
nels, but may contain not more than five-tenths of one 
per centum of broken kernels which will pass readily 
through a No. 6 sieve, 

0) may contain a total of not more than three paddy grains. 
ot-her cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of three may include 
not more than either one heat-damaged kernel or one seed, 

(f) may contain not more than five-tenths of one per centum 

of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or com- 
bined, 

(g) may contain not more than one per centum of whole kernels 

of rice of the classes Long and Round, either singly or 
combined, 

(h) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per cen- 
tum of moisture. 
Fancy (U. S. No. 2) Short 

(a) shall be well milled, 

(b) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, 

(c) may contain not more than one and five-tenths per centum 

of chalky kernels, - 

(d) shall contain ninety per centum or more of whole kernels, but 

may contain not more than than one per centum of broken 
kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 sieve, 

(e) may contain a total of not more than eight paddy grams, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of eight may include 
not more than four heat-damaged kernels and seeds, 
either singly or combined, 

(J) may contain not more than one and five-tenths per cen- 
tum of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or 
combined, 

(g) may contain not more than two per centum of whole ker- 
nels of rice of the classes Long and Round, either singly 
or combined, 

(h) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per cen- 
tum of moisture. 
Choice (U. S. No. 3) Short 

(a) shall be reasonably well milled, 

(b) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, and may be slightly rosy, 

(c) may contain not more than three per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(d) shall contain eighty per centum or more of whole kernels, 

but may contain not more than one and five-tenths per 
centum' of broken kernels which will pass readily through 
a No. 6 sieve, 
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10 Department Circular 133, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

(e) may contain a total of not more than eighteen paddy grains, 
other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of eighteen may include 
not more than ten heat-damaged kernels and seeds, 
either singly or combined, 

(J) may contain not more than two and five-tenths per cen- 
tum of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or 
combined, 

(g) may contain not more than four per centum of whole ker- 
nels of rice of the classes Long and Round, either singly 
or combined, 

(h) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per cen- 
tum of moisture- 
Medium (IT. S. No. 4) Short 

(a) may be any other color except of badly damaged or 
extremely red, 

(&) may contain not more than six per centum of chalky 
kernels, 

(c) shall contain seventy per centum or more of whole kernels, 

but may contain not more than three per centum of 
broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 
sieve, 

(d) may contain a total of not more than forty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of forty may include 
not more than twenty-four heat-damaged kernels and 
seeds, either singly or combined, 

(e) may contain not more than five per centum of damaged 

kernels and red rice, either singly or combined, 
(/) may contain not more than four per centum of whole 
kernels of rice of the classes Long and Round, either 
singly or combined, 
ig) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other 
cereal grains, and seeds, and 
(h) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 
Sample Grade Short 

shall be milled rice of the class Short which does not come 
within the requirements of any of the grades from Extra 
Fancy (U. S. No. 1) to Medium (U. S. No. 4), inclusive, or 
which has any commercially objectionable foreign odor, or 
is musty, or sour, or is heating, hot, infested with weevils 
or other insects injurious to stored rice, or is otherwise of 
distinctly low quality. 

Round Milled Rice. 

Section 20. Grades for Round Milled Rice. — The class Round 
shall be divided into five grades, the designations and requirements 
of which shall be as specified in this section. 



United States Grades for Milled Rice. 11 

Extra Fancy (U. S. No. 1) Round 
(a) shall be well milled, 
(6) shall be white or creamy, 

(c) may contain not more than one per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(d) shall contain ninety-five per centum or more of whole 

kernels, but may contain not more than five-tenths of 
one per centum of broken kernels which will pass 
readily through a No. 6 sieve, 
(<?) may contain a total of not more than three paddy grains, 
other cereal grams, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of three may include 
not more than either one heat-damaged kernel or one 
seed, 

(f) may contain not more than five-tenths of one per centum 

of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or com- 
bined, 

(g) may contain not more than one per centum of whole 

kernels of rice of the classes Long and Short, either 

singly or combined, 
(h) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 

of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other 

cereal grams, and seeds, and 
(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 

centum of moisture. 
Fancy (U. S. No. 2) Round 
(a) shall be well milled, 
lb) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, 

(c) may contain not more than three per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(d) shall contain ninety per centum or more of whole kernels, 

but may contain not more than one per centum of 
broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 
sieve, 

(e) may contain a total of not more than eight paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 

five hundred grams, which total of eight may include 

not more than four heat-damaged kernels and seeds, 

either singly or combined, 
.(/) may contain not more than one and five-tenths per 

centum of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly 

or combined, 
(g) may contain not more than two per centum of whole 

kernels of rice of the classes Long and Short, either 

singly or combined, 
(Ji) may contain not more then one-tenth of one per centum 

of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 

grains, and seeds, and • 
(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 

centum of moisture. 
Choice (U. S. No. 3) Round 

(a) shall be reasonably well milled, 

lb) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, and may be slightly 
rosy, 



12 Department Circular 133, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

(c) may contain not more than six per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(d) shall contain eighty per centum or more of whole kernels, 

but may contain not more than one and five-tenths per 
centum of broken kernels which will pass readily through 
a No. 6 sieve, 

(e) may contain a total of not more than eighteen paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of eighteen may in- 
clude not more than ten heat-damaged kernels and seeds, 
either singly or combined, 

(/) may contain not more than two and five-tenths per centum 
of damaged kernels and red rice, either singly or com- 
bined, 

(g) may contain not more than four per centum of whole ker- 
nels of rice of the classes Long and Short, either singly 
or combined, 

(h) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 
foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(i) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per cen- 
tum of moisture. 
Medium (U. S. No. 4) Round 

(a) may be any color except of badly damaged or extremely 

red, 

(b) may contain not more than ten per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(c) shall contain seventy per centum or more of whole kernels, 

but may contain not more than three per centum of 
broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 
sieve, 

(d) may contain a total of not more than forty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of forty may include 
not more than twenty-four heat-damaged kernels and 
seeds, either singly or combined, 

(e) may contain not more than five per centum of damaged 

kernels and red rice, either singly or combined, 
(/) may contain not more than four per centum of whole ker- 
nels of rice of the classes Long and Short, either singly 
or combined, 
(g) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum 
of foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 
(h) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per cen- 
tum of moisture. 
Sample Grade Round 

shall be milled rice of the class Round which does not come 
within the requirements of any of the grades from Extra 
Fancy (U. S. No. 1) to Medium (U. S. No. 4), inclusive, or 
which has any commercially objectionable foreign odor, or 
is musty, or sour, or is heating, hot, infested with weevils 
or other insects injurious to stored rice, or is otherwise of 
distinctly low quality. 



United States Grades for Milled Rice. 13 

Mixed Milled Rice. 

Section 21. Grades for Mixed Milled Rice. — Mixed milled rice shall 
be graded according to the grade requirements of the class of milled 
rice which predominates over each other class in the mixture; the 
grade designations of such rice shall include successively in the order 
named, the name of the grade or the number thereof, the word 
"Mixed," and, in the order of its predominance, the name and ap- 
proximate percentage of the whole kernels of each class of rice in the 
mixture. 

Second Head Milled Rice. 

Section 22. Grades for Second Head Milled Rice. — The class Second 
Head shall be divided into three grades, the designations and require- 
ments of which shall be as specified in this section. 
Fancy (U. S. No. 1) Second Head 

(a) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, 

(6) may contain not more than five per centum of chalky ker- 
nels, 

(c) may contain not more than twenty-five per centum of 

broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6£ 
sieve, or not more than five per centum of broken ker- 
nels which will pass readily through a No. 6 sieve, 

(d) May contain a total of not more than twenty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 

five hundred grams, which total of twenty may include 

not more than sixteen heat-damaged kernels and seeds, 

either singly or combined, 
0) may contain not more than two per centum of damaged 

kernels and red rice, either singly or combined, 
(/) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 

foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 

grains, and seeds, and 
(g) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 

centum of moisture. 
Choice (U. S. No. 2) Second Head 

(a) may be any color except of badly damaged or extremely 

red, 

(b) may contain not more than ten per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(c) may contain a total of not more than fifty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, seeds, and heat-damaged kernels in 
five hundred grams, which total of fifty may include not 
more than forty heat-damaged kernels and seeds, either 
singly or combined, 
{d) may contain not more than six per centum of damaged 
kernels and red rice, either singly or combined, 

(e) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 

foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 
(/) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 



14 Department Circular 133, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

Sample Grade Second Head 

shall be milled rice of the class Second Head which does not 
come within the requirements of grades Fancy (U. S. No. 1) 
and Choice (U. S. No. 2), or which has any commercially 
objectionable foreign odor, or is musty, or sour, or is heating, 
hot, infested with weevils or other insects injurious to stored 
rice, or is otherwise of distinctly low quality. 

Screenings Milled Rice. 

Section 23. Grades- for Screenings Milled Rice. — The class Screen- 
ings shall be divided into three grades, the designations and require- 
ments of which shall be as specified in this section. 

Fancy (U. S. No. 1 ) Screenings 

(a) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, 

(b) may contain not more than ten per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(c) may contain not more than twenty-five per centum of 

broken kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 
sieve, and not more than ten per centum of broken 
kernels which will pass readily through a No. 5^ sieve, 

(d) may contain a total of not more than thirty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, and seeds in five hundred grams, 
which total of thirty may include not more than twenty 
seeds, 

(e) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 

foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 
(/) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 
Choice (U. S. No. 2) Screenings 

(a) may be any color except of badly damaged or extremely red, 

(b) may contain not more than fifteen per centum of chalky 

kernels, 

(c) may contain not more than fifty per centum of broken 

kernels which will pass readily through a No. 6 sieve, 
and not more than fifteen per centum of broken kernels 
which will pass readily through a No. 5^ sieve, 

(d) may contain a total of not more than seventy paddy 

grains, other cereal grains, and seeds in five hundred 
grams, which total of seventy may include not more 
than sixty seeds, 

(e) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 

foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 
(/") may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 
centum of moisture. 
Sample Grade Screenings 

shall be milled rice of the class Screenings which does not 
come within the requirements of grades Fancy (U. S. 
No. 1) and Choice (U. S. No. 2), or which has any com- 
mercially objectionable foreign odor, or is musty, or 
sour, or is heating, hot, infested with weevils or other 
insects injurious to stored rice, or is otherwise of distinctly 
low quality. 



United States Grades for Milled Rice. 15 

Brewers Milled Rice. 

Section 24. Grades for Brewers Milled Rice. — The class Brewers 
shall be divided into three grades, the designations and requirements 
of which shall be as specified in this section. 

Fancy (U. S. No. 1) Brewers 

(a) shall be white, creamy, or grayish, 

(b) may contain a total of not more than fifty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, and seeds in five hundred grams, 
which total of fifty may include not more than forty 
seeds, 

(c) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 

foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(d) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 

centum of moisture. 
Choice (U. S. No. 2) Brewers 

(a) may be any color except of badly damaged or extremely 

red, 

(b) may contain a total of not more than eighty paddy grains, 

other cereal grains, and seeds in five hundred grams, 
which total of eighty may include not more than seventy 
seeds, 

(c) may contain not more than one-tenth of one per centum of 

foreign material excepting paddy grains, other cereal 
grains, and seeds, and 

(d) may contain not more than fourteen and one-half per 

centum of moisture. 
Sample Grade Brewers 

shall be milled rice of the class Brewers which does not come 
within the requirements of either of the grades Fancy (U. S. 
No. 1) or Choice (U. S. No. 2), or which has any commer- 
cially objectionable foreign odor, or is musty or sour, or is 
heating, hot, infested with weevils or other insects injurious 
to stored rice, or is otherwise of distinctly low quality. 

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 

Nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the adulteration 
of milled rice by the addition of water, by the admixture of hulls or 
straw, decomposed or damaged kernels of rice, other grains, or any 
other foreign material, or otherwise, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act of June 30, 1906, nor as authorizing the coating of rice or the 
labeling thereof in violation of that act. 



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